A photograph of Mrs. Naff standing in front of the ticket booth at the Ryman Auditorium. The building is located at 116 5th Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The Ryman Auditorium opened as a tabernacle in 1892, and over the years its venue...

A sepia-toned photograph of the Nashville Iron, Steel & Charcoal Company in 1887. Men with horses and buggies appear in the foreground, while the industrial plant soars behind them. Since this company does not appear in the Nashville city...

Thomas A. Frazier, the Adjutant General of Tennessee. Frazier served in office from 1939-1945, during the administration of Governor Prentice Cooper. During World War II, the Tennessee State Guard was commanded by Major General Thomas A. Frazier,...

Thomas A. Frazier, the Adjutant General of Tennessee. Frazier served in office from 1939-1945, during the administration of Governor Prentice Cooper. During World War II, the Tennessee State Guard was commanded by Major General Thomas A. Frazier,...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

A scene from the June 30th, 1957 baseball game of the Nashville Vols versus Little Rock Travelers, both teams of the Southern Association. This game was played in the historic ballpark called Sulphur Dell, located in north Nashville near...

Sixteen excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman Douglas B. Havron, conducted on 4 April 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. In these clips...

Excerpts from an interview with architectural historian John Kiser, conducted on 10 April 1978 by Deborah Cooney as part of the Historic Nashville Inc. Oral History project. The interview took place in John Kisers' historic home, the Hays-Kiser...

An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Margaret (Peggy) Libbey, conducted on 6 October 2007 by her daughter Meredith Ann Libbey at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville...

An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Jane Marshall, conducted on 17 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Martha O'Brien at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville...